The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-22

most unenviable regulation II Sanford, tins
being the second case Of the kind during the
last three weeks in which they have figured.
An alteration occurred last Sunday
aboard an excursion train from Trabue be
tween John Fore and a negro. The negro
received several blows and cuts by some Of
FOres friends it is thought, and Fore had
slight cut on one side OF the nose made by
fan handle in the hands Of the negro. The
negro came very near having the Jugular
vein cut, and nOrrowly escaped death.
At Monticello, Friday, Fred Richardson
(coloredj INDUCED III his morning smoke,
and, placing the pipe in his pants pocket,
sat down to breakfast He had about com
pleted his "rations7 when he discovered his
pants were on fire. HIS hip was severely
burned, and securing the pipe, he cast it
! away, with the remark: Dat is de second
| time dat ting like to bun me up, an Ill
smoke no moren
The people of jefferson county have, by
popular vote, authorized the Board Of COun-
ty Commissioners to issue new bonds 70 the
value OF $50, OOO-to bear interest at the rate
OF not exceeding T. per centum-and payable
! IN five years, with the option OF thirty years
Upon these bonds the money can be raised
to pay off the entire indebtedness created by
q railroad subscription, and accrued inter
est, many years ago. There VIII be no diff
Guilty in negotiating the bonds at par.
unanimous understanding OF the public,
| that the present unoccupied space Of the
| water works grounds, at jacksonville, VIII
! be let to the Sub Tropical Exposition free
! of rent for such term Of years as it may be
| used for that purpose. II Is also almost the
undivided and very pronounced desire OF
| the majority of the SubScrlb erS TO the stock
| in the enterprise that the buildings be placed
| there, as it is centrally located and would be
| OF easy and convenient access to the general
| public
Some days since while party Of men
| were up Crooked river, some little distance
| above Carrabelle, they found some clothing
| which it is thought belonged to Peter Kern,
| the sailor who was murdered some time
| since. The clothing was found stuck down
under some bushes on the bank Of the river.
| The body Of Kern was exhumel on Tues
| day. A bullet hole was discovered in the
| lett shoulder. Other facts We're adduced
| showing that he came to his death by gun
| shot wound in the hands of some party or
! parties unknown.
Charlie Hans, of Carrabelle, was sent up
| to Chattahoochee Wednesday, consigned to
| the asylum for the insane. 1t IS claimed
| that some time since he was crazy, when an
! application for his transportation was re-
| ceved, but was not carried out until this
week, and now Hans, 1t Is claimed, is per
| fectly sane. A petition for his release was
| gotten up in Carrabao III the hope that it
| would secure his release. It failed in effect,
| Hans mas a wife and four children depend
ent upon him for support.
The temporary county seat of Lake
county was placed at Bloomfield by the
| County Commissioners Wednesday. The
| vote for it stood ,, viz: Denham, MahOney
| and Porter. The first official meeting of the
| County Commissioners at Bloomfield will be
held on Aug p The Scection Of Bloomfield,
a small town near Ia!aha, is understood to
| be in the interest Of fairness to all towns
that are candidates for the permanent loca-
ton. Bloomfield Is not considered to be
such a candidate, but Tavares, EuStis and
| Leesburg are, and 50, too, are Halaha and
Fort Mason.
A. Z. Farrar, Of Palatka, is at work con
| structing the coffin for Henry Virgins. Mr..
| Farrar says it IS the first coffin he ever made
for a man that was living. Virgins will
| be hanged tomorrow. He is holding levees
every day or two now, and many people
call on him "Wednesday some ladies visited
| him. and he talked TO them and SAID that he
was going to heaven. He invited the ladies
to take some lemonade, which one OF them
| did. A short time since Virgins saw a
flash of lightning and he said that the angels
| had opened the rates of Heaven and that
was the light shining therefrOm.
Chipley is constantly increasing, both in
population and i'll wealth. The new fer
tilizer factory will give "A fresh impulse to
| agricultural affairs in these parts, and as
the material viii be sold at "a price lower
than it has ever been put on the market be
fore, and the projectors of the enterprise
being practical chemists who propose max
ing thorough analysis of the soil, SO as to
see just exactly what ingredients are wanted,
it Is reasonable to suppose that the many
farmers will engage in this work more intel
hgently than hitherto they have done, and
viii at the years end have something ahead
There was a bloody fight at a negro festi-
val at Elaville Saturday night Two ne
groes named Williams-nOt related. how
ever-used knives with intent to kill. George
Williams the heavier weight, pressed his
antagonist, who attempted to draw pistol,
50 closely that the weapon fell from his
| hand. AT this juncture some unknown per
son in the crowd struck George in the back
of the head with a garden hoe, inficting a
severe scalp wound and causing considerable
loss of blood. This blow probably saved
the other mans life, as it was dealt just as
George made Il blow with his knife. which
sliced him from his ear to his Adams apple,
not deep enough, however, to be serious.
At Chiplcy representative from Texas Of
| the society called the Farmers Alliance -
has been organizing branch He has been
successful III securing considerable members,
and as the objects of the society appear
| IauuaDle ana deserving IneJ nave IHc SOOd
wishes of the community. All merchants,
doctors, lawyers and politicians are debarred
from joining on grounds that scarcely seem
in accordance with reason. The Alliance
| seems to take a peSSimiStic view of any
efforts made for the advancement of agri-
culture by all on any member of the class
before referred to- Although, paradoxical
as it may seem, the best farmers are com
posed of professional men, ana hold that the
position taken by the Farmers Alliance is
scarcely logical.
Several days ago at Centre Hill some men
were firing at "a bottle in front of the store
of f. Falk. 1t was late in the evening
when the practice was going on, and the
! gunners We're firing in the direction of tho
railway track Max Falk's turn came TO
fire. He did not see a man coming up the
track, and the report Of his rifle which car
ried a - cartridge was followed by the
| cry II am shot John Lancaster was cross
ing the road about 100 yards away at the
time. and received the leaden missile III one
of his legs, just above the knee. The
| wounded man was attended by DR. Elicit,
Of Centre Hill, and 1t was thought that the
wound would not cause serious trouble, but
inflammation set in, followed by blood
poisoning, and on Tuesday morning July
! II, Lancaster died